Monday, September 27, 2010

I'm back in Florida from my Aunt Pat's wedding in Wisconsin. I had such a great time, and I miss everyone already. Yesterday I shared a few pics from the event and I'm following up with a few more today.Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce the newlyweds, Merl and Pat Abler!

The table at the entrance to the reception hall with the caricature I did.

I was the Master of Ceremonies for the wedding. What a blast!

Andi, Jett and I.The Durkins, my immediate family. From the left, my sister Suzie, Andi, Jett, myself, my Dad, my Mom, my sister Donna and her husband Dino. Missing are our kids, Suzie's son Cody, Donna and Dino's kids Niko, Gabby and Garrett and of course Alex and Kathy. I'm sure a complete family portrait is just around the corner...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Congratulations to my Aunt Pat and Merl for their wedding today. I'm at the reception right now, and although this is finally a wedding where I'm not required to draw caricatures, I'm still being pressed into service; I'm the Master of Ceremonies at the reception. Yikes!!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Woodman's is a grocery store chain based out of Wisconsin. They have several locations, one less than a mile from my parent's house where we are currently staying.

I don't think I could accurately convey the vast scope of the store. Square footage-wise, it's roughly the size of your average Wal-Mart, but with all groceries. Living in Florida, grocery shopping is frustrating because I have to buy my food from several different stores due to prices, products and availability. Woodman's takes care of all of that. It's one-stop grocery shopping at its finest. Food is one of the major focuses of attention in my household, so I felt I just has to take Andi to experience Woodman's for herself.

On the other hand, much to Andi's delight, Woodman's has an extensive organic section with organic and local produce and more organic items than your average Whole Foods. We were only able to stop by for a few minutes, but since Woodman's is open 24 hours, we may be making a midnight visit just to stroll the aisles and take in the yummy goodness.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

I've admittedly been in a bit of a caricature funk lately. But last night a certain drawing snapped me out of it. I had a great guest from the U.K. who loves Twilight and wanted to be drawn as a vampire. I'm not much of a Twilight fan myself, I prefer vampire slayers. Nevertheless, I decided to "go for it".

Friday, September 17, 2010

I promised my good friend Keelan Parham that I wouldn't set foot in a Five Guys until I went with him first. I had the cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato and mushrooms. The burger as well as the fries were excellent!

The restaurant provides customers with little cards upon which they are encouraged to draw on or leave messages. These cards are posted on a bulletin board inside the restaurant.

Monday, September 13, 2010

I draw a lot of kids. A LOT. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind. Kids are cool. But I do enjoy drawing adults quite a bit as well. I'm not sure what I like most about adults, the character in their face, the angles, the...

Friday, September 10, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Regular visitors know that the main purpose of this blog is to showcase my artwork. Lately however, many of the posts have been about my personal life and family, specifically Jett. That's not to say that there isn't artwork being done, it's just that I can't show any of it to you yet.I'm actually working on quite a bit right now. I'm wrapping up another book for Fierce Fun Toys, doing a logo design for a t-shirt, drawing a wedding caricature, creating an anniversary gift and some other projects that you'll find out about soon. Trust me, the second I can share these with you I will, so be sure to keep stopping by!

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

In the interest of keeping things organized and trying to make the blog as easy to navigate as possible, I've taken all of the Jett-related posts and arranged them in "The Chronicles of Jett" button on the right.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Jett had to go back to All-Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg today.

Yeah, mommy and daddy weren't too thrilled about going back either. But the good news is, Jett is healing wonderfully. His crabbiness and sporadic lethargy (while being traits shared by his father) are actually quite normal for a 6 month old baby who just went through heart surgery. The vomiting however, can be cured simply by backing off on the Lasix, one of the medications we have to give him. He was given an echocardiogram and his little heart is beating strong! We have another appointment in two weeks with a (thankfully local) cardiologist. I'll be sure to keep you posted. Posted using BlogPress .from my iPhone